Art in Isolation

10 lessons

Sequences and Stories

It's time to review the next lot of photos you took. Think of these as your ‘finals’. Next you will begin sequencing and grouping your images and start putting together your zine!

Lesson menu

Equipment

  • Computer/laptop
  • Printer (if you want to move images around physically) 
  • Scissors
  • Tape/blue-tack 

Instructions

  1. 1

    Upload your photos onto your laptop/computer (remember to save into a nicely labeled folder because file management is important, ok)

  2. 2

    Now organise your images into thumbnails (images all the same size) and place them into a document

  3. 3

    Print your images and cut them out

  4. 4

    Stick your images onto the wall, sequencing them in a way that works for your concept. Try a few different layouts and photograph them as you go to keep track

  5. 5

    If you have text or other imagery you want to include in your zine, now is the time to incorporate this into your layout and sequencing

Lesson Content

  1. The output for this project will be a photo book inspired zine.

    When making zines or photobooks, the sequencing of images is really important. It can have the ability to tell a story and change the way your photographs are read/viewed. 

    Now you have taken more photos, it's time to print them out again (like in lesson 2). Print out the images you consider your ‘finals’, this may include images from lesson 1. This time you need to think about image sequencing/order, grouping, and story. This will relate to your concept or idea/intention behind your project.

    Lesson Content

    An organic sequence of images

Considerations

Things to think about when sequencing photographs:

Pairings

Picking photographs that work well together/next to each other.


Grids

Layouts for your images may work.


Sizing 

Photos you want big and photos you want small.


Colour Grading

Do you want all your images to have a cohesive hue and saturation or do you want them all very different?

  1. Image

    Example of a pink colour grading

  1. zine test pics

    1st test zine to trial possible layouts

Tips & tricks



  • This task is really good practice for making photo books, as image sequencing is really important to how photographs are read
  • Incorporating text can be a good story telling device or even just a chance to caption your photos

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